Economics at Fort Hays State University

If you plan to study economics, take a look at what Fort Hays State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas and approximately 15,033 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 students received a bachelor's degree in economics from FHSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Economics section at the bottom of this page.

FHSU Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

Online Classes Are Available at FHSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FHSU offers distance education options for economics at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

FHSU Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks economics programs across the country. The following shows how FHSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The economics major at FHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Economics Schools	3
Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Economics Schools	9
Best Economics Schools	79
Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Most Focused Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136

Economics Student Demographics at FHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the economics majors at Fort Hays State University.

FHSU Economics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at FHSU since its program graduates 35% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fort Hays State University with a bachelor's in economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	148
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FHSU also has a doctoral program available in economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

Careers That Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KS, the home state for Fort Hays State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	6,010	$64,910
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Survey Researchers	130	$51,640
Economics Professors	90	$114,000
Economists	40	$72,600

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Sesamehoneytart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.